Of course Perry’s campaign is not over as this is a long process. However, the debates do matter as Perry has taken a significant hit because of them. Many people predicted Perry would have a fairly easy ride to the nomination. Not anymore, he will definately have a fight on his hands as his shortcomings have been exposed.
but that’s just it, he hasn’t taken a hit.
The polls have been steady for over a month now with no affect on them what so ever by the 3 debates. If you go look at RCP which shows all the polls taken in the race over the last month you will see that Perry has polled consistantly around 29% +- 2. The only people watching primary debates and following this stuff closely at this point are people like us and people who get paid to follow this stuff.